Unable to dismiss a UIPopover from another class

Question

I have a iPad app, created in XCode 4.6.3, iOS 6.2, ARC and Storyboards.

I create a UIPopover programmatically in SubViewData.m.

@property (strong, nonatomic) UIPopoverController *popover;

    //  make rectangle to attach popover
    CGRect rectangle = CGRectMake( touchPoint.x, touchPoint.y, 110, 1);  //  0 height puts arrow on exact touch point

    //  get addressability to storyboard ViewController
    UIViewController *popoverMainView = [[UIStoryboard storyboardWithName:@"MainStoryboard" bundle:nil] instantiateViewControllerWithIdentifier:@"menuView"];

    popover = [[UIPopoverController alloc] initWithContentViewController:popoverMainView];
                            [popover presentPopoverFromRect:rectangle inView:self
                            permittedArrowDirections:UIPopoverArrowDirectionAny animated:YES];

I set notifications in another class (QuickAppointment.m) when a UIButton in the popover has been tapped. I get the notification and issue this code from CalendarViewController.m :

SubViewData *svd = [[SubViewData alloc] init];
[svd.popover dismissPopoverAnimated:YES];

Nothing happens! I don't understand why not... so, what am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Look at the code you are writing:

SubViewData *svd = [[SubViewData alloc] init];

This creates a completely new and different instance of SubViewData, and not the one that is displaying the popover.